And on Keyboards, John Carpenter!

Horror master successfully re-tunes his career

"...horror movies. Horror movies will live forever.” At 68, John Carpenter could stay home in Los Angeles and live..."

June 24, 2016 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

John Carpenter Lit Up By El Rey

Legendary director first guest in "The Director's Chair"

"...Don't ask John Carpenter to pick his favorite movies from his own..."

May 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

John Carpenter, Rock Star

Filmmaker as synth-pop pioneer horrifies the Moody Theater June 23

"...Howard Hawks, one of John Carpenter’s muses – ghost director of 1951’s The Thing..."

June 15, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars

"...Directed by: John Carpenter. Starring: Ice Cube, Clea Duvall, Pam Grier, Jason..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

John Carpenter's Vampires

"...Directed by: John Carpenter. Starring: James Wood, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

John Carpenter's Escape From L.A.

"...Directed by: John Carpenter. Starring: Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Peter..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Carpenter's Apprentice

Robert Rodriguez on "Planet Terror"

"...started in movies in the first place, which was John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13. And Escape From New..."

April 6, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Documentary Goes Inside the Eclectic World of John Aielli

The spirit of radio lives in Faders Up: The John Aielli Experience

"...There was never another DJ like John Aielli. The host of Austin NPR station KUTX’s Eklektikos,..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

John Prine Will Live Forever

Songman gives Austin a taste of paradise

"...You can’t help but crack a smile when John Prine walks on stage...."

May 18, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Saint Teresa: Richard Linklater and John Pierson on the Icon of Slacker

The director of Slacker and the film's sales agent discuss the creative importance of actor and musician Teresa Taylor

"...John Pierson: Unprecedented. One of the things that had to..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Screens Feature

Sabrina Carpenter, Hozier, Doja Cat, the Strokes, Doechii, and More to Headline ACL Fest 2025

Zilker Park event returns October 3-5 and 10-12

"...The ACL Fest 2025 lineup has arrived. Sabrina Carpenter, Hozier, Doja Cat, the Strokes, Luke Combs, John Summit,..."

May 6, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

John Sayles

The evolution of American music and Southern race relations in Honeydripper

"...John Sayles on the fates of and stakes for musicians..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Gift Guide: John Prine

Crooked Piece of Time: The Atlantic & Asylum Albums (1971-1980) (Rhino)

"...John Prine's songs could unite America...."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Thing

Functioning as a prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing, this film answers questions even though there's little mystery.

"...It's not exactly a secret that this update of John Carpenter's The Thing is, in fact, not a remake..."

Oct. 14, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Halloween

Michael Myers is back in this "reimagining," courtesy of Rob Zombie.

"...Danny Trejo and Bill Moseley. Almost 30 years ago, John Carpenter's classic Halloween ended on an intriguingly ambivalent note,..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Auto Focus

"...in his life. That is, with the exception of John Carpenter (Dafoe), who introduces Crane to the world of..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Fog

This hazy remake pales in comparison to John Carpenter's original fogbanks from 1980.

"...of the director of this inept reimagining of a John Carpenter shocker, and that it’s such a monumentally bad..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Stream the Synth-Pocalypse on Pinkish Black’s Concept Unification

Texan twosome shares new LP and email Q&A

"...Fort Worth synth-n-drums team Pinkish black shook Beerland with John Carpenter-esque apocalypse rock. Two days later, the club closed..."

June 20, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Horror of Selling Out

Harry Knowles talks about the films that could have been

"...News has a theory. "The reason that people like John Carpenter and John Landis aren't making the movies we..."

Jan. 22, 2008 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

"...greatest amount of sequels. From James Whale's Frankenstein to John Carpenter's Halloween, and from Merian Cooper's King Kong to..."

Sept. 20, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Cyborg: Steel Warrior

"...by: Boaz Davidson. Starring: Joe Lara, Nicole Hansen and John Ryan. With American Cyborg, Yoram Globus and his new..."

Jan. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Halloween

The night he came home again (for the first time)

"...With original director John Carpenter's blessing, Green manages something that is both a..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Wes Craven Presents: They

"...of just about every shocker to come out since John Carpenter's Halloween, characters wander into predictably treacherous situations even..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Art of Dying

"...of the Scream series and the relentless drive of John Carpenter's Halloween. Martínez plays Ivan, the sensitive best friend..."

May 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

"...one. Go rent the new Criterion laserdisc version of John Carpenter's original Halloween instead and ignore everything else...."

Oct. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shaolin Kung Fu Mystagogue

"...fu star probably best known for his role in John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China, to portray a..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Heroic Trio II: The Executioners

"...Directed by: Johnny To. Starring: Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui and Michelle Yeoh...."

Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dr. Giggles

"...horror film of the last 15 years, most notably John Carpenter's Halloween and Wes Craven's Nightmare On Elm Street..."

Oct. 30, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In the Mouth of Madness

Clearly having a ball, Carpenter fills the screen with equal amounts of unsettling atmosphere and shameless jolts, while at the same time successfully walking the tightrope that separates the horrific from the hilarious. ? Joey O'Bryan

"...Directed by: John Carpenter. Starring: Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jurgen Prochnow, David..."

Feb. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Village of the Damned

"...Directed by: John Carpenter. Starring: Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Michael..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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